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Edgemeade-Raymond A. Rogers Jr School, Maryland

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Ursus:

--- Quote from: "Ban1mar5" ---I was a resident at Edgemeade of Va. Edgemeade was located outside of Roanoke, Va on Smith Mountain Lake. Everything that's being said about the place is true. I was sexually molested for several years by a counselor and nothing was done about it. I was in that hell hole for 4 years because I was taken from my mother because of abuse and the state didn't know what to do with me. Some of the residents were extremely violent, one girl set another girls hair on fire, things like that. I spent 4 years watching my back. I was relieved to hear that they closed it down and had no idea there were other Edgemeades. I was there from 1975-1979. I will say most of the staff were caring people but untrained. If you were there please write a reply. Only kids that were there could truly understand what it was like.......Hell for kids
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It sounds like you went from the frying pan into the fire...

wolfofthewhitemt:
I do not know if this is the same place I was in or not. I was in many places growing up. The Edgemeade I was in was in Minerel Wells, TX. There was abuse by a felow inmate but for the most part it was otherwise the most normal year of my teens. Is that sad or what?
I looked his name up and his name was listed on an AIDS quilt, so I guess he is dead now.
No, no one tryd to help. This was not the only se^aul abuse I went thrue but was the only one at Edgemeade.
I was also in HIH, ASH, Deveroux and Bellair Gen Hosp, psyc unit. All this from 72-81.

sparky:
Was this the facility in Upper Marlboro, MD? Did any of you attend Edgemeade in Upper Marlboro, MD, between the years, 1968 and 1970? If so, what brought you there, how did they treat you, and if you were a male, were you preyed on sexually by any of the male counselors, there? What was/were your diagnosis/diagnoses from the Edgemeade staff and did you think their diagnosis/diagnoses of you were correct?

sparky:
Was this the facility in Upper Marlboro, MD? Did any of you attend Edgemeade in Upper Marlboro, MD, between the years, 1968 and 1970? If so, what brought you there, how did they treat you, and if you were a male, were you preyed on sexually by any of the male counselors, there? What was/were your diagnosis/diagnoses from the Edgemeade staff and did you think their diagnosis/diagnoses of you were correct?

sparky:
If any of you were abused (physically, sexually, mentally, emotionally) by any of the Edgemeade staff, what kept you sane? A best friend there? A hobby? If so, describe the hobby that kept you sane and describe the best friend (without his name, of course.) Maybe I knew him. Did that friend remain your friend after Edgemeade, is he your friend, still? Was it easy for you to make friends at Edgemeade? Were you mostly a “loner”?

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